Primary Artist

Charles Conder (1868–1909)

Title

La fille aux yeux d'or. [The girl with the golden eyes]

Physical description

bound book of [124] pp with [6] illustrations engraved on wood after drawings by Charles Conder

Source

La fille aux yeux d'or, by Honore Balzac. London: Leonard Smithers, 1896

Page or Plate number

collection record

Date made

1896

Place made

Europe, England, Greater London, London View on map Close map

Category

Illustrated book

Print type

relief

Technique

woodengravings, printed in black ink, each from one block, letterpress text

Matrix size

25.6 x 16.4 cm (page)

Support

paper

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

84875

Accession number

82.1029.1-6

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 1, 1982/83 (1982-07-12)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Ilme Simmul, Melbourne, 1982

Credit line

Purchased 1982

Subject category

Australia, Book arts: Illustrated book

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Dowson, Ernest. | (1867–1900) English | Male | translator

Balzac, Honore. | (1799–1850) French | Male | author

Conder, Charles. | (1868–1909) Australian | English | Male | artist